fade

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /feɪd/    美 /feɪd/|/fæɪd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A golf shot that curves intentionally to the player's right (if they are right-handed) or to the left (if left-handed).
    — If you confine yourself to hitting straight shots while you are developing your golf swing, you are less likely to develop a preference for hitting a fade or a draw.
  2. A haircut where the hair is short or shaved on the sides of the head and longer on top. See also high-top fade and low fade.
  3. A fight. slang
  4. A gradual decrease in the brightness of a shot or the volume of sound or music (as a means of cutting to a new scene or starting a new song).
  5. The act of disappearing from a place so as not to be found; covert departure. slang
    — Ace could have done a fade. Instead, he gathered all his courage — which was not inconsiderable, even in his middle age — and went to see the Flying Corson Brothers.
动词 v.
  1. To hit the ball with the shot called a fade. transitive
    — The Golden Bear faded the ball from left to right with great consistency, so he seldom had to worry about trouble on the left.
  2. To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. intransitive
    — The earth mourneth and fadeth away.
  3. To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. intransitive
    — [flowers] that never fade
  4. To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. intransitive
    — The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.
  5. To cause to fade. transitive
  6. To bet against (someone). transitive
    — I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me.
形容词 adj.
  1. Weak; insipid; tasteless. archaic
    — 1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell Passages that are somewhat fade.
  2. Strong; bold; doughty. archaic

词形变化

fader comparative fadest superlative fades plural fades present,singular,third-person fading participle,present faded participle,past faded past vade alternative,obsolete fader comparative more fade comparative fadest superlative most fade superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).
词源 2
From Middle English fade, fede, of uncertain origin. Compare Old English ġefæd (“orderly, tidy, discreet, well-regulated”). See also fad.
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